Gallant parents who are too excited about their kids getting into violin lessons may just overlook the price of the instrument. But have you, as parents, ever thought about how long your kids’ enthusiasm on the instrument will last? Or better yet, have you considered the possibility that a cheap, ordinary-sounding violin may just be more beneficial to your child than an expensive, shiny one?
It is always good to start with a cheap, amateur instrument. Why? Only time can really tell whether you as an adult beginner or your child as a beginning violin student is into serious violin playing or not. If you are simply flirting with violin playing and decide to quit halfway into the year, you don’t lose much in terms of money spent on the instrument. However, if you decide you want to pursue violin playing as a serious musician, the amateur instrument will just give you a mediocre sound, thereby prompting you to coax the best tone and the best intonation from an average instrument. Once you are used to getting the maximum sound from a cheap violin, imagine how this ability for creating the best tone will sound in a professional violin!
There are many ways to make a cheap-sounding violin sound better: Buy a good set of average-costing string – Strings are bound to snap after a certain amount of use anyway. Again, there is no need to buy expensive strings neither is it necessary to buy the cheapest ones that are more likely to frustrate the child with the kind of sound it can produce.
Another way to increase the quality of tone from a cheap violin is to focus on the tone produced by the bow hand. The importance of the role of the right bow hand as far as tone is concerned can never be stressed highly enough. A good, solid yet pliable hold on the bow and a steady forearm can create strong and consistent sound from even from the cheapest violin.
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